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Basic numeracy and literacy skills, what to start with?
I am trying to start very basic skills with my daughter. She has down syndrome and autism and is 4. She has only just learned to sort colours, but doesnt know red from green etc. She can draw a dot or zig zag or line or circle, but thats about it. She cant count, once she counted to 6 but dunno where that went!
What comes next? or what order is the easiest to learn?? Ive been to a course a while ago where i think drawing a cross will come next and I know there is an order best to teach in.
Does anyone have a chart or something that will tell me what may come next, in the basic of steps??
Any information or ideas would be helpful, thanks
She is non verbal but learning a few approximations, primarily uses pecs to communicate. She seeks visual sensory, obsessed with mirrors, seeks tactile, likes small dolls etc. Im not sure where she is on the spectrum but I dont think it is too obstructive for her. She has a great attention span, will sit for ages on the one task, and is determined.
2 Answers
- ?Lv 44 years ago
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- 1 decade ago
I am confident that I can help you :-)
I am a special ed prep teacher. I teach autistic, downs and intellectually disabled children. We need to take a few back steps here before going forwards. Before writing or learning numbers. Pre-maths and pre-literacy skills need to be taught.
Writing is the very last step for kids, to write they need to know what they are writing. Therefore they need to know their alphabet, they need to know their numbers.
I am able to tell you exactly what to teach, what books to get, what activities to do and anything else you might need if you would like me to but I would need to know a bit more about your daughter as in. Whether she is verbal/ non-verbal, interests e.g balls, sensory items and so what level on the spectrum she is etc. (possibly email?)
With that info I will be able to point you in the right direction with amazing books with heaps of resources and give you more person centred info because there is lots.
:-)
Source(s): Special Ed Teacher Education degree and Master of Special Education